Wrapping-paper holder



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G. W. SPRAGUE & J. STUDER. WRAPPING PAPER HOLDER, PRINTER, ANDAIUTTER.No. 421,776. Pat =.18,1890..

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G. W. SPRAGUE & J. STUDER. WRAPPING PAPER HOLDER, PRINTER, AND CUTTER.

No. 421,776. Paiented Peb. 18,1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

GEORGE W. SPRAGUE ANDJOHN STUDER, OFCOLUMBUS, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,776, dated February18, 1890. Application filed April 23, 1889. Serial No. 308,2l'7. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. SPRAGU E and JOHN STUDER, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and useful Wrapping -Paper Holder, Printer,and Cutter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to wrappingpaper holders, printers, andcutters .for service in stores; and among the objects in view are toprovide a cheap and serviceable device adapted to hold a roll of paperand deliver the same over a fixed blade, whereby it may be cut by handinto sheets of desired length, and also to provide an automatic meansfor printing the paper at intervals,

and means for elevating the printing surface or roll from contact withthe paper between the series of impressions, whereby smearing of thepaper is avoided.

A further object of the invention is to provide the device with a tableadapted for supporting paper bags and other loose sheets, and fordelivering the same between the printing-roll and the platen-roll.

Numerous other advantages and objects of the invention willhereinafterappear, and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of apaper-holder constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, alongitudinal vertical section of the same; Fig. 3, a front elevation,and Fig. 4 a detail in perspective of the printing-roll.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

At each side of asuitable basel are mounted standards 2, preferably ofcast metal and of suitable scroll design to lend ornamentality to thedevice. The standards 2 are provided'with a forwardly-projecting rollsupporting arms 3, arranged opposite each other, and are connected attheir top and at their rear end by a suitable cross-plate 4, and attheir rear ends is also provided a bearing 5, in this instance formed asa part of the scroll-work and open at their upper ends for the readyreception and removal of the shaft 6 of a paper-roll 7.

The upper and lower ends of the forwardlyprojecting arms 3 of the frames2 are provided with vertical slots 8 and 9,respectively, and with anintermediate slot 10 and a bearing 11. In the bearing 11 is mountedaprinting-roll 12, having a printing surface 13, which may consist ofany suitable dieas, for instance, a rubber pad, as herein shown-and witha friction-strip 14:, occupying the remainder of the circumference ofthe printing-roll. At each side of the roll 12 are mounted cams 15,having a portion of their face cut away, as at 16, said portionsregistering with the printing-plate 13. Below the roll 12, and mountedin the vertical slots 9, is a platen-roll 17, preferably formed wit-h ahard surface and yieldingly supported within 7 the slot 9, as will behereinafter described.

Mounted in the slotted bearings 10 is an inking-roller 18, the surfaceof which is provided with an inking-pad 19, and over said roller, in thevertical slots 8, is mounted an ink-distributing roller 20, having anink-alosorbing pad 21 encircling the same. From each of the shafts ofthe roll 20, which will be understood as projecting beyond the sideframes 2, there depend coiled springs 22, which are removably connectedwith similar coiled springs 23, connected to the ends of the platen-roll17, whereby it is apparent that the latter roll is suspended within itsslotted bearings 9, and the roll 20 and the platen-roll are yieldinglyheld in position. A springtongue 24 projects upwardly from the base 1,or it may be from any other portion of the frame-work, and presseslightly against the paper-r0117 and gives to the latter the necessarytension.

25 represents an inverted-L-shaped table, the rear wall 26 of whichformsa back for the device as a whole, and the upper wall27 forms a slantingtable, located between the two side frames 2, and terminates at aboutthe point of contact between the roll 12 and the platen 17. Oppositethis point of contact, referred to above, and secured to the oppositeend of the forwardly-projecting arms 3, we mount a fixed knife or blade29. Upon the shaft of the roll 12 we mount an ordinary crank-ham dle 30.

The operation of our invention is as follows:

By drawing the leading end of the paper be tween the rolls 12 and 17, orby accomplishing the same by revolving the crank 30, the friction-strip14 acts to feed the paper over the fixed knife 29. The outer peripheraledges of the cams 15 are in contact with the roll 18, except at the timewhen the printingsurface is adjacent to the same, when the recesses 16in the cams permit of contact between the printing-surface and theink-roller, and the operation of drawing the paper is progressed withuntil the printing-surface 13 is brought about in line with the roll 17.At this point it will be noticed the printing-surface takes the place ofthe friction-strip 14: and is brought in contact with the moving paper,whereby an impression of the surface is given to the paper. By furtherdrawing the paper until a suitable quantity is secured the same may besevered against the fixed knife 29 and used for wrapping purposes andbearing the address of the shop-keeper or other advertisement. After theprintingsurface has been passed the friction-strip 1% again comes incontact with the paper, and so the operation is continuous. It will benoticed that by reason of the cams 15 the inkroll 18 and its pad 19 willbe prevented from coming in contact with any other portion of the roll12 other than the pri11ting-snrface,as the cams will come in contactwith the roll 18 and elevate the same in the slot 10, and when thecutaway portions of the cams are in line with the roll 18 the spring 22serves to draw the roll 20 upon the roll 18 and force the latter incontact with the printing-surface.

It will be understood that the ink is fed to the pad 21 and the roll 20and evenly distributed over the inking-pad 19 on the roll 18, and thenceto the printing medium.

By the provision of the table 25 loose bags and other sheets of papermaybe fed through the printing mechanism, in which case the leading endof the paper web had best be withdrawn from between the rolls 12 and 17.\Vhen the web alone is used, the operatingcrank is unnecessary, and isespecially designed for use where independent sheets or bags are fedunder the printing medium.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- 1. Thecombination, with the inking-roller and the platen-roller, the formerbeing yieldingly mounted, of the interposed printingroller provided atopposite ends with peripheral flanges having opposite recesses, saidflanges being interposed between the printing-roller and ink-roller andoutside of the ends of the platen-roller, a printing-surface mountedupon the periphery of the printingroller opposite the recesses, and africtionstrip occupying the remaining portion of the periphery of saidroller and maintained out of contact with the inking-roller and adaptedfor contact with the platen-roller when the same is not in contact withthe printing-surface, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the base 1, having the sides 2, provided withbearings 5, and forwardly-projecting arms 3, provided with the bearings11 and slotted bearings 8 and 9 and intermediate bearing 10, of thepaper-shaft 6, mounted in bearings 5 and carrying the paper-roll 7, aspring-tongue 24, for giving tension to the roll, the printing-roll 16,mounted in bearing 11, and having the printingsurface 13, thefriction-strip 14, the end cams 16, and the crank 30, the platen-rolls17, mounted in the bearings 9 and having the springs 23, the ink-roll18, mounted in the bearing 10 and resting on the printing-roll, and thedistributing-roll 20, mounted in the bearing 8 and provided with spring22, connecting with the springs 23, all operating as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. SPRAGUE. JOHN STUDER. lVitnesses:

T. W. HAMPTON, JOHN WALSH.

